Montessori International Happy Holiday Wishes 2025

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Montessori International Happy Holiday Wishes 2025
I hear, from people around the world, that it is fun to “travel” with me through social media and this blog. So, to celebrate the 2025 holiday season I am sharing more and hoping you enjoy it.

In 2011 our family created a song/video celebrating Earth and some thoughts on the meaning of Christmas. We called it “A Christmas Prayer for the Earth.” Here is the link to an updated version of that video, CLICK: Video

The original YouTube version has received over 8,000 hits and has been translated into several languages, and every December travels the world. This pictures shows bread-baking in a Montessori IC (Infant Community) for ages 1-1.5 in Sweden, and one slide from the Czech translation of the video. Continue reading →

Leaf Classification for All Ages

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Leaf Classification for All Ages

Over Thanksgiving my husband and I walked the Tsurai Trail on Trinidad Head here in Northern California. I was reminded of the joyful years I spent as a Montessori teacher sharing botany with students, adults, and with my own children and grandchildren. Continue reading →

Europe 2025

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EUROPE 2025
This blog post shares: art, Montessori, art, Montessori, then . . . Art & Montessori


Art in Romania
Recovering from Covid a few years ago I did not have the energy to stand at an easel and paint, my favorite healing practice. So I tried acrylic painting because I could sit down and paint whatever came to my mind. Acrylic paint dries very quickly so changes are easy, and a satisfying painting can be created much more quickly than with oil paint. But after years of making art of many kinds this was my first acrylic experiment, and I made a lot of errors. However, during the end of the time in Romania I was invited by my hosts Catalina and Catalin Ivan and their three daughters, Alexandra, Teodora, and Victoria (my unofficial Romanian goddaughters since we met seven years ago) to visit the studio of the most famous artist in Romania, Felix Aftene. I had seen an exhibit of his work at the Palace of Culture in Iași three years ago, and this year at the new airport. Continue reading →